Agent skill · data analytics · mvanhorn
pp-openfda
Printing Press CLI for Openfda. The FDA safety data terminal. Every drug adverse event, device recall, food contamination, and product label the FDA...
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands for querying FDA safety data that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires openfda-pp-cli installed locally. About 6k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Openfda — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the openfda-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: openfda-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer): If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. When Not to Use This CLI Do not activate this CLI for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. This printed CLI exposes read-only commands for inspection, export, sync, and analysis. Command Reference animal-events — Animal drug and device adverse event reports. openfda-pp-cli animal-events — Search animal adverse event reports device-510k — Premarket notification submissions demonstrating substantial equivalence. openfda-pp-cli device-510k — Search 510(k) clearance records device-classification — Medical device product codes, specialty areas, and regulatory class. openfda-pp-cli device-classification — Search device classifications device-covid19 — COVID-19 serological testing evaluation data. openfda-pp-cli device-covid19 — Search COVID-19 serology test evaluations device-events — Medical device adverse event reports (MAUDE/MDR) — injuries, deaths, malfunctions. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/openfda